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In contrast to studies on active front wheel steering in which the vehicle responses to specified steering inputs are examined, this paper includes an artificial driver model control system which is adjusted to force all vehicles, with and without active steering, to accomplish the same lane change maneuver to a good approximation. The driver model essentially accomplishes an “inverse simulation” allowing one to see what the driver steering input must be in order to change lanes with various vehicles. In addition, the simulation is based on a bond graph model including steering system dynamics of a particular type of active steering so that the reaction moment that the driver would feel can be computed.